Karen Lord Quotes

• I find that sometimes if you just sit still, things have a way of finding you before you can find them.

  Karen Lord

  Way, Sometimes, Stills

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• Remember your ancestors, dream of your descendants and work hard while you're living.

  Karen Lord

  Dream, Hard Work, Remember

  Karen Lord (2013). “The Best of All Possible Worlds: A Novel”, p.227, Del Rey

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• In the beginning, God created human beings, which is to say God put the ingredients together, embedded the instructions for building on the template, and put it all into four separate eggs marked 'Some Assembly Required.'

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  Eggs, Together, Four

  Karen Lord (2013). “The Best of All Possible Worlds: A Novel”, p.265, Del Rey

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• I think if a story has a message it should be incidental and accidental, otherwise it leans too close to indoctrination.

  Karen Lord

  Thinking, Stories, Messages

  Interview with Brad R. Torgersen, bradrtorgersen.wordpress.com. August 6, 2012.

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• All my tales are true, drawn from life, and a life story is not a tidy thing.

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  Stories, Tales, Life Story

  Karen Lord (2010). “Redemption in Indigo: a novel”, p.1, Small Beer Press

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• Names are very important for humans, aren't they? How do I translate for you the name of this town as it seems to me, the true name that tells of its history and people and lands and weather and . . . everything?

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  Land, Names, Weather

  Karen Lord (2010). “Redemption in Indigo: a novel”, p.115, Small Beer Press

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• A little story is supported by a lot of untold backstory. What they get is more than what they see.

  Karen Lord

  Stories, Littles

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